Full Name: | Sergey Petrovich Novikov |
Birth Date: | 1949 12, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
Death Date: | 2021 4, df=yes |
Death Place: | Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
Country: | Soviet Union Russia |
Weight Class: | +93 kg, Open |
Worlds Rank: | 2 |
Worlds Year: | 1975 |
Regionals Type: | EU |
Regionals Rank: | 1 |
Regionals Year: | 1973 |
Regionals Year2: | 1974 |
Regionals Year3: | 1976 |
Regionals Weight3: | Men's +93 kg |
Olympics Rank: | 1 |
Olympics Year: | 1976 |
Olympics Weight: | Men's +93 kg |
Updated: | 21 June 2023 |
Sergey Petrovich Novikov (Russian: Серге́й Петрович Новиков, 15 December 1949 in Moscow – 16 April 2021) was a Russian Soviet Olympic champion judoka.[1] [2] He competed for the Soviet Union at the 1976 Summer Olympics, where he won the gold medal in the men's heavyweight division. He also competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics, in the open category.[3]
In 2000 he founded the International Unifight Federation, in Paris. He went on to serve as the President of Russian Unifight Federation.